It's such a huge mess it's pretty much unfilmable anyways. Regardless, money solves everything, and I'm sure they can come to some sort of an agreement. There are so many of those "Lost Tales" books to plum there's practically an infinite amount of material to work with anyways.

Putting aside the fact that we all fell for the joke, I agree that the Silmarillion as a whole can't be filmed. However, there are sections that could be taken out and filmed that I would really love to see. I really don't think it will happen, though. Christopher Tolkien isn't going to give up the rights and I don't think he can be bought. IIRC, he even disowned a relative for taking a bit role in RotK.

"Thereupon his hopes for the future were dashed on the boulders of despair far below; it was only by sheer willpower that he turned his thoughts to the immediate needs of his chosen people, the descendants of the Numenoreans and the Holbytla..."

I was so hoping that all of this was true, but that's okay..."Frodo Lives!"

The third book covers the story where Bilbo uses the money from his adventure to set himself up in a huge hole and becomes the biggest, most ruthless coke dealer in the four farthings, and his battles with his rivals across the Brandywine in the drug trade. And it has that famous line from the books, where he bursts out of his office to face his attackers in th famous final showdown and yes, "Say 'ello to my liddle ring".

The third book covers the story where Bilbo uses the money from his adventure to set himself up in a huge hole and becomes the biggest, most ruthless coke dealer in the four farthings, and his battles with his rivals across the Brandywine in the drug trade. And it has that famous line from the books, where he bursts out of his office to face his attackers in th famous final showdown and yes, "Say 'ello to my liddle ring".

LOL! Good one!

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Shade of the past! Sounds like a modern rendition of "Bored of the Rings"!

I read that one awhile ago and enjoyed it a lot. I'll have to go find it again and give it another read.

Why "no"? This is a major multi-million dollar project, with much on the line. I see no motivation for Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Torro or anyone else connected to the movie to release the major players in the movie to the general public. All we have are the cast from the previous movies and some rumors. They will most likely keep all the info they can as close to their vest for as long as possible.

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Oh well, that sucks. Considering he is one of the only directors (I can think of) who might do this work justice I don't see this one coming out for some time. I guess we can add at least 2-3 more years at a minimum to production time because of this delay.

What really pains me is that this most likely means the EE of LOTR on Blu probably will be delayed as well.

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Cannot blame GDT, but I'm wondering: even if no one wants to buy MGM, wouldn't someone want to buy the rights to The Hobbit? Seeing some of the dreck that does get the green light, it makes no sense that a sure winner like this particular property would fail to draw investor interest...

Cannot blame GDT, but I'm wondering: even if no one wants to buy MGM, wouldn't someone want to buy the rights to The Hobbit? Seeing some of the dreck that does get the green light, it makes no sense that a sure winner like this particular property would fail to draw investor interest...

Its a gamble. If they wait they get more money for MGM, If they wait to long the project will lose value.

I wouldn't mind living in NZ for 6 years but if his family's not there or not happy then it'd be hard.

He was only suppose to be there for 3 years (That turned into 6). And even if New Zeeland is a nice place? (Never been there) There is so much other things that need to work. And its not like GDT doesnt have other movies he can do.

I'm sure he has other movies and the fact it's not gotten the greenlight yet doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Plus there may have been some artistic differences. He would be a newcomer to PJ, PJ's wife and the other woman. Might be a difficult situation to walk into.